Faucet.



No. 844,065. PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907 J. WAR-BS & A. HOLMAN. FAUOET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

No 844,065. PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907. J. WARES & A. HOLMAN.

FAUUET.

APPLICATION mum AUG. 29, 1900.

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,lrzz/erzibza Q cZoZ 72 .ffo lmm JAMES 'WARES AND ADOLPH HOLMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLTNU(.?..

FAUCET.

Specification of Letterslntent.

Application filed Auguet29,1906- Sarial No. 332-517.

To (LZI/ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JAMES Nurse and Anorru llOLMAN, citizens of the United States, and residing at 233 Watt. street and 3104 Fox street, respectively, in the city of Chicago, county of Uook, and State of llli liois, have invented a. new and useful lni rovenient in Faucets, of which the following 1s a specification.

Our impr veinent relates particularly to that, class of la'ucots used in public places for drinking, washing, and other purposes.

The object of our invention is to provide a faucet that will prevent waste by limiting the quantity of liquid passing from it each time it is opened, to preveni waste by meloing it impossible for users to leave it open, to prevent contagion by limiting Contact with the material passing from the faucet to each individual using it.

The manner in which we accomplish our ob ect is set forth in the fOllUW13l, j [for Lion and illustrated ill the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a. central Wu. ion] sectional View showing u supplytnnlr mid hiucet attached therein. Fig. is o. hpriz'conta-l longltudiniil sectional view of the interior of the faucet, on

the line 2 2, Fig. 1. the line 3 3, Fi 2, the cop being removed to show the sLoplug on the plug and the stopshoulders on the barrel. Fig, '1 is a control sectional View on the l ne 4 4, Fig. 2, showing the plug of the faucet in the position for the discharge of its contents. Fig, 5 is a lull. end view, the cap being removed to show the coiled spring attached to ihe plug inside the barrel.

Fig. 3 is :in end view on fluid passage-wiry and the err-vent. Fig. 7 is a sectional View on the line 7 7, Fig. 2,

" ed this bushing is a. faucet C, which.1s secured in position by a not C, which isscrewed onto the faucet inside the tank. l position under The diameter and length of the body D of the faucet is adapted in its proportions to the Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the 1 barrel, showing the roletwe positions ol the particular place and use for which it is designed.

The interior E of the bod} pen is preferably cylindrical in form and as lftl'g'g'i! in crosssoeiion the suenaiah of Lil's iunwrlnl used will permit. Al the end of the body D and constituting on integral part llwfrtGl is a transverse 1121M F, the inferior of which forms e barrel G. This barrel is taper and extends through the amt 1* and at a right angle to the length or the body part '1). through the well of this hsrrel are three sperLures. One of these apertures, 11, forms a. passage for the fluid from the ini'eri'ir E of the isucot into the barrel (i. Another sperture, ll,fernis the interior-of the spoutJ of the Faucet. The other is event-hole K in the venl-Luhc L. The who L is affixed permsnently in flu: well of the heir-l. This ventiuhc Ii extends from the wall. of the barrel rhrough ihe interior I? of the fennel; into the interior of the innh and is threaded at that end and provided with an elbow L. VerLienlly supported in this elbow is e venbpipe if, This pipe is adapted in length to extend shove the nnixilnum lluidline in the tank, as shown in Fig. l.

The tube in the interior E is firmly ailixe'd to the hody l) in the position shown in Fig. 2 and is thereby made a permanent port of said hod The external ends M and l? of the port F are threaded, and thereby adopted to support raps M and N. The cap M has is, control a wrturo M adapted to so port. the stern of the plug: of said faucet. Tl has n recess N adapted for the support of the spring 0nd of lhc pl mg, as shown in Fig. 3. In tho lmrrcl (i is o taper plug 0. This plug has a stern (3 and pivot end P, the slcrn 0' xtending Through the aperture M" in the (up M and living: provided with a lover. The end P slollcd longiludinell and is supported in the recess N in the s; W, as shown in Figs. .2 and 4.

Within the plug 0 is a ulmmher Q, adapted to contain the amount of fluid to he discharged at each operation of the faucet. Extending through the wall of the plug are four apertures. One of these apertures, H; is adapted to register with the aperture 11 in the barrel G and forms the passage for the fluid from the tank into the chamber Q in the plug when the faucet is closed in the normal spring pressure. Another ic cup NR aperture, 1, is adapted to register with the-- outlet I into iihespout J when the faucet is opened by finger-pressure on the lever and the plug thereby forced into the position shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5, in which position the aperture ll is closed, as shown in 'l ig'. 1. The other two apertures are air-vents, the aperture K registering with the vent-hole K in the barrel (i when the faucet is closed and the aperture ii registers with the vent-hole K when the faucet is open, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig, 1 and the solid lines in Fig. 7. \Vhen the faucet is closed, the open vent K and K provides for the escape of the air from the interior of the plug and to thereby allow the lluid to flow freely front the tank into the chamber The vent K and K", opening when the faucet is 0 en, allows the ainpressure to enter the eharn bcr, and thereby foree'the fluid from the plug out through the spout J.

Between the end cap N when in )osition on the barrel and the end of the plug is a space adapted to contain a spring. Inolosed in this space is a flat coihspring' R The inner end of this spring is secured in the slot in the pivot end P of the plug 0. end of the spring is secured in a slot S in the end N of the barrel G, as shown in Fig. 5..

'lhis spring is adapted to exert a normal pressure on the plug sui'licient to keep it in the closed position and to iustnntl v return the pine; from the open to the closed position when i. is manual pressure applied to open the faucet is removed and the plug released therefrom. Attached to the. end of the stem 0' of the plug is a lever T. \Vhen the fancet is closed, this lover is in a horizontal position, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 5.

To open the faucet. this lever is n'essedv by the tinge-r or thumb down to the osition shown in Fig. 5. For the purpose of uniting, the roterv movement of the plug and to insure the rrgistretion of the apertures in the.

phi; and barrel in the open and closed positions of the faucet the front edge of the barrel reressod to form two stop-shoulders U. These are adapted to be engaged by a stoplui: V, shined in the plug, as shown in Fig. 3. This recess and lug are covered by the cup M when the several parts of the faucet are put togethr".

Win. the faucet is ctnistrueted as described and illustrzfied and affixed in the tank and the tank in position tilled wit h fluid soap, the lever can be depressed. by the thumb while the hand is extended beneath the spout to receive the fluid, or the linger or thumb ol one hand may be used to operate the lever while the other hand is under the spout.

It is obvious that the lever may be adjusted in otherpositions in attaching it to the stem of the plug and that the position of the spring could he changed from the small to the large endpi' the plug by slight changes in the construction.

The outer As these changes are mere J l l details of construction, we reserve the right to make them.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. in combination with a tank ol' the kind destribed having a tl'neaded bushing, a late .rt having a threaded part and being;- sup ported thereby in said bushing and tank and by a nut secured on said threaded part and engaging: the interior of said tank, said l'aucet consisting ()1 a main longit udiuul hollow body projecting; horizontally from said bushing and tank and ending in a horizontal transverse cylindrical head having a spout and forming the body part of a valve, said valve consisting of a taper barrel formed by the interior of said head adapted to support a plug, said barrel having three apertures, one of said apertures constituting" an inlet from said tankinto said barrel, another adjacent to said inlet and constitutine an air-vent, said aperture being connected with the aitspace above the lluid-line in said tank by a vent-pipe atlixed in the interior of the main body of said faucet and extending vertieally in said tank, the other aperture connecting the interior of said barrel with said spout forming the outlet of said valve; a plug sup ported in said barrel adapted to be rotated therein, said plug having a stem and lever thereon and a pivot end adapted l'or connection with a spring, and an interior eharnbei.

said chamber being; connected with the interior of said barrel by four apertures in said plug, two ol said apertures being: adapted to register at the same time with said inlet and said vent in said barrel, the other two apertures being adapted to register at the same time, one with the outlet and one with the vent in said barrel; two shoulder-stops in. the large end of said barrel formed by a recess therein and adapted to engage a stop in said plug; a stop-lug in said plug adapted to engage one or the other of said shoulders and to thereby limit the rotative movement of said plug and thereby insure the registration of said apertures in said barrel and plug in the elosed and in the open positions of the valve; llat coiled spring supported Within said barrel :uid attached to the pivot end of said plug and tosaid barrel, said springbeing adapted to hold said plug underits pressure in the closed position and to return it thereto when released from. the pressure on the lever by wlich it is l'oreed into the open position; caps adapted to lit on the ends of said head and to close the ends of said barrel as de scribed.

2. in a faucet adapted to be inserted in a supply-tanl\', the combination with a main body having a transverse head with a spout,

{ said head forming a barrel adapted to suport a plug, said barrel having three internal. ap rtures, one Forming an inlet Srom said tank into said barrel, another an air-vent position whenever released from the pressure on the lever ap' lied to open said faucet; 20,

an outlet from said barrel into said spout; a

said p ug having an interior 0 amber wit 1 .four apertures therein, two ofsaid'apertures said plug is inthe closed position,- the other from said barrel into said tank and the other plug supported insaid barrel said plug hav mg a stem and operatin -lever on said stern, and a ivot end adapte to sup ort a sprin being adapted to register, one with the inlet and one with said vent in said barrel when two apertures bein adapted to register, one with the outlet an the other with the vent when the plug is in the open position; a sprin inelosed in said barrel and attached to said p ug and to said barrel;- said spring being adapted to hold said plug under pressure in the closed position, and to return it to said shoulders on 881 barrel and a stop-pin in said plug adapted to be engaged by said shoulders and to thereby limit the rotative movement of said plug and insure the registration of said apertures in said barrel and said plug when the faucet is closed and when it is opened; caps adapted to be attached to the ends of said barrel and to hold said plug and spring in position in said barrel as described.

3. In a faucet adapted to be inserted in a tank of the kind described, the combination consisting of a hollow main longitudinal body having a transverse head provided with 1 a spout, said head forming a barrel ada ted for the support of a plug and having tuee internal a ertures, one of said apertures formmg an in et into said barrel from said tank,

and another aperture forming an outlet from a a said barrel into said spout, the third aperture forming the opening in said barrel of an airvent an air-vent consisting of a pipe aflixed in said main body and extending from the interior of said barrel: into said .tank above the and attached thereto and to said plug, said s )ring being adapted to hold said plug in the losed position under the ressure of said spring and to returu'said pl ilg to the closed position w hen released from the pressure applied to open said. faucet; a rap or capsada ted to close the end or ends of said barrel as eserihed.

JAMES VVARES.

. V ADOLPH HOLMAN.

\Vitnesses JOSEPH STAAB, Tuo'ims J MORGAN. 

